Mr. Phineas Bbaala

Mr. Phineas Bbaala
Mr. Phineas Bbaala
Lecturer
Researcher
Government and Management Studies
Email
phineas.bbaala@unza.ac.zm
Research Profiles
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9572-8373

Phineas Bbaala is a Zambian public administration scholar and Lecturer at the University of Zambia, where he has taught strategic management, public financial management, governance and development, and change management since 2007. He holds an MPA and a BA in Public Administration with Mass Communication, both from UNZA, and is completing a PhD in Public Administration. He has held several institutional leadership roles, including Head of Department for Government and Management Studies (2021-2023) and Strategic Plan Focal Person for his School. Beyond the university, he has worked as a consultant and trainer in strategic planning, capacity building, and monitoring and evaluation for bodies such as NIRAS/EU (supporting Zambia's National Assembly), the Civil Aviation Authority, and the Ministry of Finance and National Planning. His published research spans Sino-African relations, decentralisation and local government reform, regional integration, elections, and migration in Southern Africa.

  • Godfrey Hampwaye and Phineas Bbaala, “Sino-Zambia Relations: Responses from Below” in Van der Merwe, J., Bond, P., and Dodd, N (eds), (2019), ‘Brics and Resistance in Africa’, Zed Books, Birmingham.
  • Phineas Bbaala, “When a Dragon Changes its Colors: Governance Implications of the New Sino-Southern African Relations”, Radical History Review (Duke University Press, USA), 2018 (131), 139-145.
  • Phineas Bbaala, “Contribution of Regional Integration in the SADC to Electoral Conflict Management: Lessons from Zambia's 2016 General Election”, Chapter 7, in Hartzenberg, T., Erasmus, G., Kalenga, P. and Chidede, T. (eds), (2018), ‘Monitoring Regional Integration in Southern Africa Yearbook, 2017/18’.
  • Phineas Bbaala, “Emerging Questions on the Shifting Sino-African Relations”, in Gumede, V. (ed), Inclusive Development in Africa: Transformation of Global Relations, Africa Development (CODESRIA, Dakar), Vol. 40, No. 3, 228-250, 2018.
  • Phineas Bbaala, “Local Government Reforms and the Challenge of Local Development in Zambia”, African Journal of Education and Social Sciences, Vol. 1, No.1, 2016, Kibabii University Press, Kenya.
  • Phineas Bbaala and Njekwa Mate, “Nowhere to Run to Run: A Review of the Political Economy of Migration, Identity and Xenophobia in Zambia”, African Human Mobility Review (AHMR) 2 (3), 617-644, 2016.
  • Phineas Bbaala, “Emerging Questions on the Shifting Sino-African Relations: Win-win or Win-lose”, Africa Development, Vol. 40, No. 3, Special Issue on ‘Transforming Global Relations for a Just World’, ISSN 0850-390, the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA), Dakar, Senegal, 2015.
  • Phineas Bbaala and Jotham, C. Momba, “Beyond a Free and Fair Election: The Ethnic Divide and the Rhetoric of ‘One Zambia, One Nation” in Mihyo, P.B (ed.), Election Processes Management and Election-Based Violence in Eastern and Southern Africa’, ISBN 978-99944-55-85-0, a book chapter published by the Organisation for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa (OSSREA) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2015.
  • Phineas Bbaala, “Sino-African Relations: From Politics to Economics” in Ewusi, S.K, and Butera, J.B (eds), ‘Beyond State-Building: Confronting Africa’s Governance and Socioeconomic Challenges in the 21st Century’, ISBN 978-99944-973-5-5, a book chapter published by the United Nations Mandated - University for Peace (UPEACE), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2014.
  • Phineas Bbaala, “Decentralization Without Local Government: A Review of Zambia’s Illusive Quest for Localized Administration”, in Chabatama, C.M., Cheyeka, A.M. and Mweemba, P (eds), ‘Social Policies and Social Development in Zambia’ ISBN 978-9982-22-845-9, a paper published in the book of Academic Workshop Proceedings by the Organisation for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa (OSSREA), Zambian Chapter. The paper was earlier presented at the OSSREA academic workshop in Lusaka and later peer-reviewed.
  • Public Policy Analysis
  • Public Finance Management
  • Project and Programmes Management
  • Monitoring and Evaluation
  • Development Management/Administration
  • Public Budgeting
  • Strategic Planning/Management
  • Institutional Development and Reform
  • Management Development

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